Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle west German ceramic and a paintbrush

and a paintbrush

to be held up and danced on a platform

But for me it is the drawing that sells it

and the pleasure of mixing and matching the pieces

one with the white neck is 2 5/8" in diameter

Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle west German ceramic and a paintbrushOne sees old knives and butcher blocks with BREAD carved in their handles or around the edges, but I have not ever seen a MEAT fork, and for me at least it carries a very different sort of weight! Plus, its just the time of year to put this one to use serving a holiday meal! Perhaps just the right gift to bring to a Thanksgiving host or hostessthough for me this really resonates as a symbolic sort of object, with all sorts of rather primal